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I would love this so much…
Only a wvw player knows that there is no such thing as too much siege.
Only a wvw player would read this entire thread and not deny a single word.
might have been smarter to post in not WvW though just saying XD but shame hope jed comes back asap!
Derped this up earlier hehe my bad^^;; but yeah my post:
Howdy everyone I’ve been playing and tweaking this build the last month or so and I think I’m ready(and confident enough) to share it.
So I’ve been playing mesmer since BWE1 and I love this class, but what kills me is compared to my ele or any other class really the support is all in the utility’s and tbh it feels more flash than actual support.. and I wanted a way around that.
My answer: the boomer why call it that? simple its all about a blast of boons! that and I’m as creative as a wet rag. I’ve tested it about everywhere and it works just about in anything wvw/spvp/pve and dungeons all you gotta do is make some minor tweaks.
Overall it shines brightest in WvW and dungeons(I’ve solo’d a fair bit of many a fractal as well when the parties all dead..up to lvl 13 anyway)
How it works is simple, it revolves around a few basic concepts: tanking with chaos armor on all the time, Signet of inspiration, and healing power.
Heal: I used mirror for this particular set up just because of the water runes, makes for a nice 1-2k heal for a group and reflect on certain bosses and players is just great, but ether feast is also fine just preference.
Utilities: I use a bit of variance with utilities as well but for the most part chaos armor is key so glamours are great with staff #2, this baby can just throw boons on you especially if your at the front of the zerg(which is quite easy to do) and makes it even better when you share those boons with more than half a zerg or everyone in your party.
Another option I’ve used is arcane thievery and iDefender for extra padding or to oh I dunno snatch 25 stacks of might for your party from a certain water boss). either way the traits are set so you can adjust as needed even in a dungeon.
the bread and butter: Signet of inspiration, whats there to say? when you got some steller boons on you pop that baby and share em, I personally look for retaliation regen and protection, but certain groups have needed more might so just depends the more the better though. its 600 range and I’ve yet to see the cap.
for traits again there is a good bit of variance you can make the only thing I will note is I have ran with shattered strength, its amazing but with it being nerfed I don’t want to get used to it. Chaotic transference is honestly where your dps is coming from lol.. and Phantasmal healing is great for quick regens on everyone then to re-share with Soi after you get a good 30+ secs.
Weapons: tbh staff staff staff… scepter and focus can be traded off for torch or even sword, its more of just to switch for might or a few more Illusions. scepter can be handy with its cloning and confusion but barely..
Overall this build does lack in the dps department but it still can do enough to duo a few. I spend a good chuck of my time running as well, with staff and trying to get positions to maximize a chaos armor or get that 1 or 2 more bits of might from the bouncing, but your party will notice you. Your taking the big hits and the boons can keep glass cannons from melting. Synergy and communication can make this build ridiculous, with proper use of combo fields my guild group can take 5-15 min of any dungeon run. You got almost 40%+ to your boons, make use of them! The builder is also a bit off, my healing and condi damg both sit just over 1k and I have 21k hp some other minor discrepancies.
Everything else I’m gonna assume you guys can put 2+2 together, I don’t frapps or anything so I got no proof but I invite you all to try this guy out^^ Thank you for reading hope you can enjoy^^
Would love feedback^^
just wanna say Personally I use a full rabid spec staff and scepter/pistol
0/20/25/0/25 with runes of afflicted( i think its the one with 5% toughness into condi)
gotta say 1 on 1 i rarely go down with the extra toughness and bleeds just ticking so hard.
But sticking confusion on the enemy has been a challenge to say the least.. most roll out of scepter, and iMage is a joke. once and a while against the more unskilled players ill get the 10+ confusion for like 2k a skill, but thats like for the briefest of times.
I find myself just stacking a few staff clones to wreck face and let them work. Only time I manage to keep confusion doing its job is with the veggie pizza and its 40% duration for condi.
I’m sorry but no matter how ya slice it, the scepter is painful for any build. Personally tried every build I can with the scepter. From tanking to dps to condi build.
And if sword wasn’t a viable option it was just in the way either with clones I didn’t need/want or a useless block. Seriously what am I gonna do with 1 block? I’ll just dodge roll with a staff and do more dps, or off hand sword with leap finisher. The confusion stacks aren’t much better good opponents dodge most of it, and even if they don’t they will get some space for the 4 seconds its actually useful
I have felt this way since beta. I’ve even played other classes to escape this weapon. But I’m drawn to the mesmer. I’m begging at this point rework this weapon or give us another option so I’m not forced into GS or staff anymore.